Nina Patalon (born 20 January 1986) is a Polish former football midfielder and manager, currently coaching Poland women's national team.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1986-01-20) 20 January 1986 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth | Działdowo, Poland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Poland women's (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002– | Medyk Konin | ||
Czarni Sosnowiec | |||
–2011 | Medyk Konin | ||
National team | |||
2004–2006 | Poland U-19 | ||
2009 | Poland student | ||
Teams managed | |||
2010–2013 | Medyk Konin (youth) | ||
2011–2013 | Medyk Konin | ||
2011–2013 | Poland U-15 (assistant) | ||
2014–2019 | Poland U-17 | ||
2019–2021 | Poland U-19 | ||
2021– | Poland | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
In 2002 she began her career at Medyk Konin in the Ekstraliga, where she had played for many years, with an in-between stint at Czarni Sosnowiec.[2] In 2011, due to an injury, she finished her football career as a player.[citation needed]
During 2004 to 2006 she was a member of the Poland's Youth National Team. In 2009 she represented Poland In a Polish Students Team in the Summer Universiade 2009 in Belgrade.[3]
After retiring from an active career she began working as a coach. Initially, from 2010, she trained Medyk Konin's young girls team, and in January 2011, with Anna Gawrońska, became the head coach of the Medyk's first team.[4] In 2011 she started helping to coach Poland's U-15 Women National Football Team, and in May 2014 she was appointed to the coaching position of the Poland's U-17 Women National Football Team.[5][6]
In March 2021 she replaced Miłosz Stępiński as the head coach of the Poland's Women National Team.[1] She is the first woman in the Polish footballing history to hold this position.[1] She made her debut in a friendly match against Sweden, on 13 April 2021.[7]
In 2010 she graduated from the Academy of Physical Education in Poznań where she obtained a class II football coaching license.[citation needed]